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Steel goes up on Spur firehouse

Last week, during some of the most unpleasant chill and cold the region has seen in some time, Collier Construction crews were undaunted in their daily progress on the Spur fire station at Third and Burlington.

Get your Girl Scout cookies in Jayton

The 2024 Jayton Girl Scout cookie season is underway! The cookie lineup includes their three bestsellers— Caramel DeLites, Peanut Butter Patties, & Thin Mints, as well as Trefoils (aka Shortbreads), Peanut Butter Sandwiches, Adventurefuls, Toast-Yays, and Lemonades. Cookies are $6 a package.

Texas Spur County Roundup

GARZA Hotel Garza offering 1920’s Murder Mystery Night for Valentine’s POST—The Hotel Garza in Post is offering a 1920s Murder Mystery Night for Valentine’s Day on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024.

Spur Senior Citizens Menu

The Spur Senior Citizens Center, located at 210 Burlington Ave., serves a noon meal Monday through Friday. The dining room is open, or if you feel more comfortable during the Covid-19 pandemic, we are offering a curbside lunch you can reserve by calling (806) 271-4472.

Vegetable Pot Pie a healthy, belly-warming winter meal

CUISINE & CULTURE | ANGELINA@ANGELINALARUE.COM Pot pies are the ultimate comfort food. This time of year, that especially rings true. Savory veggies, and optional shredded chicken or cubes of beef, surrounded by a luxurious gravy, all topped with a flakey crust. What could be better?

Year of the Amaryllis

CUISINE & CULTURE Today’s column is the last in the series of the National Garden Bureau’s 2023 “Year of the” plants. Each year the National Garden Bureau (NGB) selects one annual, one perennial, one shrub, one edible, one houseplant, and one bulb crop as their “Year of the” crops.

LIBRARY NOTES

James Patterson brings us another thrilling adventure with one of the most popular fictional detectives of all time in “Alex Cross Must Die.” Cross is in the sights of the Dead Hours Killer, a serial murderer on a ruthless mission. An airport killer targeting pilots expands his scope.

Spur Police Department Report

NOVEMBER 2023 The Spur Police Department responded to the following calls for service during the period from Nov. 22 to Nov. 30, 2023, according to the police blotter at City Hall. • Nov. 22, 2023, 100 block 6th St., theft $2,500–$30,000; investigation continues • Nov. 25, 2023, 700 block Miller...

What's happening

Local Events Please let us know of any corrections: News@thetexasspur.com SPUR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Festival of Hispanic Culture and Language, Thursday, Feb. 8 SPUR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Valentines Day breakfast with parents, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 7:30-8 a.m. SPUR FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH...

Fire destroys Patton Spring’s music building

Fire destroyed one of the outbuildings—the music building—at Patton Springs School late Tuesday evening/early Wednesday morning. The fire was first noticed Tuesday afternoon in the music building before school let out.